JPH0789441A - Movable type transaction dolly - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate movement to a desired place between a sales place passages by installing a scanning terminal for determining the transaction data of an item and a means for processing the transaction data in response to the terminal, on a base having wheels. CONSTITUTION:A movable type check-out stand 270 is equipped with an X- shaped window 274 and a base 272 having wheels, and a scanning terminal for electro-optically reading out the coded sign of an item is installed on the base 272 having wheels. Further, a keyboard 276 for inputting the data related to the item in processing and a display 278 for displaying the data are installed as transaction means. When a commodity is weighed by a balance 280, the information such as the price per weight is printed by a printer 282. The base 272 having wheels is equipped with a bag supporting device 284, bag sealing device 286, and a bag storing partitioning chamber 288, etc., besides the above- described devices. The movable type check-out stand 270 equipped with the above-described devices can be moved to a desired place according to the peak of clients.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to transaction trolleys, and more particularly to a mobile commercial transaction trolley that can be easily moved between item locations at supermarket point-of-sale checkout stands.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The situation of shopping in domestic and foreign supermarkets tends to be as follows when the "payday" comes, and the situation can be clearly predicted. That is, there is a peak of shopping days on a few days of the "payday" week, at which time it accounts for a significant portion of the food retailer's overall business.

This periodic shopping activity results in a large number of shoppers arriving at a supermarket at a given time and, as a result, is commonly referred to as a "checkout stand" in order to expedite the large number of shoppers. The presence of a spacious check-out corridor is required. Supermarket checkout stands are typically fixed to the floor by fixtures. The checkout stand is equipped with a motorized drive belt that transports the shopper's merchandise to a location that is easily accessible to the operator. The checkout stand also includes a laser scanner mount. A computing device, commonly referred to as a point-of-sale information (POS) terminal, is usually mounted on a platform adjacent to the checkout stand. Both of these two devices are commonly referred to as "checkout". The size of this checkout is large, and once locked it is virtually immovable.

Along with US Patent Applications Nos. 148,669 and 147,708, US Pat.
No. 4,496,831, No. 4,409,470, No. 4,460,
No. 120, No. 4,607,156, No. 4,673,803, No. 4,
No. 736,095, No. 4,758,717, No. 4,816,660, No. 4,808,804, No. 4,816,661, No. 4,760,248
No. 4,871,904, No. 4,806,742, No. 4,845,
The type of laser scanner exemplified by No. 350 is
It is well known and serves to read, for example, bar code symbols, especially symbols of the Universal Product Code (UPC) type, having indicia of different light reflectance.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] During the peak shopping period, a large number of shoppers try to check out in the vicinity of the checkout stand, which is very crowded. This is because the number of products the shopper wants to purchase is very large, and it takes a lot of time to check out. Another reason is that the number of shoppers is much larger than the number of checkout stands.

In addition, such a checkout stand is
It has the drawback of not being used on most days.
The profitability of the food retail industry is often 1 square foot
Since it is calculated based on revenue per t = about 30 cm, unproductive space, that is, unused checkout stands, is a disadvantage to the profitability of the business. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to enable food retailers to utilize the space occupied by checkout stands during non-peak shopping periods as a commercial area for the display and distribution of the products they sell, thus ensuring that the product locations It is to provide an easily portable, compact and functional supermarket checkout stand or transaction barrow.

Another object of the present invention is to allow a customer to check goods from a store without requiring the assistance of a checkout stand operator. Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a transaction wheelbarrow that is compact in size, light in weight, easy to use, and relatively inexpensive to assemble and manufacture.

Yet another object of the present invention is to facilitate the movement of a transaction trolley to a desired location.

[0009]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides: A plurality of items having indicia consisting of portions of different light reflectance, a wheeled platform for moving between the plurality of items, and a coded indicia of the item removably attached to the wheeled platform. Movable transaction comprising an electro-optical scanning terminal and transaction means removably attached to the wheeled platform and operated to process transaction data of the item and complete the transaction. Wheelbarrow.

2. In the movable transaction wheelbarrow according to the above-mentioned item 1, a countertop provided on the wheeled pedestal, a window portion mounted on the countertop, and a scan pattern for a mark of the item through the window portion. And a scanning device for irradiating the light beam. 3. In the mobile transaction trolley of paragraph 1 above, an onboard mobile platform for manually entering data relating to the item being processed was attached to the wheeled platform.

4. In the mobile transaction wheelbarrow of paragraph 1, a display for displaying data relating to the item being processed is attached to the wheeled platform. 5. In the movable transaction wheelbarrow described in the above item 1, a weighing scale for weighing an item is attached to the wheeled base.

6. In the movable transaction cart according to the first aspect, the transaction means includes a printer that prints a transaction processing result on paper. 7. In the mobile transaction trolley of claim 1, the transaction means comprises means for processing electronic transactions for the item.

8. In the mobile transaction trolley of claim 1, the transaction means comprises means for processing cash payments for the item. 9. In the movable transaction wheelbarrow described in paragraph 1, means for holding the bag for packaging the item in an upright position are attached to the wheeled base. 10. In the movable transaction wheelbarrow according to the above-mentioned item 1, a handle for pushing or pulling the wheeled platform is attached to the wheeled platform.

11. In the movable transaction wheelbarrow described in the above item 1, a cover is provided to cover the scanner terminal and the transaction means. 12. In the movable transaction wheelbarrow described in the eleventh item, the cover allows the item to be placed on the cover.

[0015]

To achieve these objects, one aspect of the present invention is simply a movable transaction wheelbarrow for processing items, with wheels for moving the transaction processing system between item positions. Stand;
A scanning terminal mounted on a wheeled platform that electro-optically reads an encoded indicia of an item presented to the terminal and cooperatively moves and operates to determine transaction data of the item; and answer to the terminal , A transaction wheelbarrow attached to a wheeled pedestal and operated to process transaction data of an item to complete a transaction.

In the preferred embodiment, the wheeled platform comprises a countertop and a window mounted on the countertop. The terminal comprises means for scanning the rays of the scan pattern through the window. Further, as a transaction means, a keyboard for manually entering data on the item being processed, a display for displaying data on the item being processed, a scale for weighing the item to obtain the weight of the item to be weighed, a transaction A printer to print receipts, a credit card reader to handle electronic transactions for items, a cash register to handle cash payments for items, a holder to hold your shopping bag in an upright orientation, push wheeled stands Handles are mounted on a wheeled platform.

When the transaction means is not used, it is stored with a storage cover overlying some of the components, such as a keyboard or display mounted on a wheeled platform along with windows and scales.
With a storage cover, the transaction wheelbarrow can be used as a product display counter.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a scanner 10 of an optical scanning device for reading symbols, in particular UPC bar code symbols, of the type described in the aforementioned US patents and US patent applications. As used herein, the term “symbol”
Is to be broadly construed, and in addition to alphanumeric characters, symbolic patterns of alternating bars and spaces, as well as other patterns, all displays with parts of different light reflectance, in short. Shall be included.

The scanner 10 has a handheld housing 12 whose interior is divided into an upper half 16 and a lower half 18 by a base 14. On the base 14, U.S. Pat. No. 4,496,83
A small and lightweight high speed scanning motor 20 similar to that described in No. 1 is installed. The motor 20 has an output shaft portion 22 and drives the shaft portion around an axis extending along the shaft portion 22 alternately and repeatedly in both circumferential directions over an arc length of 360 ° or less. The structural, functional and operational characteristics of the motor 20 and its control circuitry 24 are:
As described in detail in U.S. Pat.No. 4,496,831,
I won't repeat it here.

The motor 20 of the present invention and US Pat. No. 4,496,
One of the differences from the 831 motor is the superstructure attached to the output shaft 22. The present invention replaces the plane mirror described in the above-mentioned U.S. Patent with the FIG.
It is proposed to attach a U-shaped support 26 to the end of the shaft 22 and a laser / optical subassembly 28 to the support 26, as shown in FIG. The subassembly 28 and the U-shaped support 26 are rocked and rotated together by the shaft portion 22.

The subassembly 28 is a hollow elongated tube 30, a laser diode 32 fixedly attached to one end of the tube 30, a lens barrel 34 attached to the other end of the tube 30, and held in the lens barrel 34. It has a focusing lens 36 (see FIG. 3). The focusing lens 36 is preferably a plano-convex lens, but may be a spherical lens, a convex lens, or a cylindrical lens. On the end wall of the lens barrel 34, an aperture stop 38 penetrating the end wall is provided. The lens barrel 34 is telescopically attached so as to move vertically within the tube 30. The lens 36 is located near the end wall of the barrel and is mounted for movement with the barrel. The position of the lens barrel with respect to the laser diode and the position of the lens are generally such that the known distance between the lens and the aperture stop on the one hand and the known distance between the lens, the aperture stop and the laser diode on the other hand are generally It is fixed by adhesion or tightening. The coil spring 37 (see FIG. 3) arranged in the lens barrel and extending along the tube and the tube has one end in contact with the laser diode and the other end in contact with the flat surface side of the lens. A spring 37 presses the lens 36 against the end wall with the aperture stop, thereby firmly mounting the lens 36 against the aperture stop.

Subassembly 28 itself does not form part of the present invention, and details of the structural, functional, and operational features of the subassembly may be found in US Pat. No. 4,816,66.
See issue 0. With respect to the present invention, a subassembly 28 serves to propagate and generate an incident laser beam in the invisible or visible range, and a solid-state laser diode 32 for focusing and directing the laser beam to the housing 1.
It is sufficient to understand that it has a combination of a focusing lens and an aperture stop that serves to produce a beam cross section or beam spot of constant size within the working distance for 2. The focused beam passes through the aperture stop 38 and along the optical path through a scanning window 40 located outside of the housing within the working distance and near the reference plane.

When the shaft 22 is alternately and repeatedly oscillating, the U-shaped support 26 and the subassembly 28 also participate in this oscillating movement, so that the beam spot is placed on the reference plane. Is swept across an arc (the center of curvature is at the laser diode) to describe a curved scan line. Thus, in the present invention, the laser diode 32 and the optics are rotated together as a unitary structure about an axis parallel to the reference plane to sweep the beam spot across the symbol.

A portion of the light reflected from the symbol passes through the second window 42 of the housing along the return path and travels in the direction of arrow B to strike the photodetector 44. The photodetector 44 detects the returning portion of the laser light of various intensities reflected on the field of view, converts the analog electric signal representing the various intensities of the detected light into a digital signal, and outputs the digital signal. It includes signal processing circuitry 52 and microprocessor control circuitry 53 for processing the signal into data representative of the symbol being read. For more information on the signal processing circuitry 52 and the microprocessor control circuitry 53, see the above-referenced US patents and patent applications. One component of the two component multi-wire plug-in cable connector 54 is electrically connected to the signal processing circuitry and the microprocessor control circuitry, and the other component is the display 55 and the keyboard 5.
6 is electrically connected to the cable connector 54. A rechargeable battery pack 58 powers the laser diode and electrical circuitry within the housing. Since only the laser diode and the optics are moved with respect to the photodetector, the battery pack consumes less power. The means for initiating reading includes a trigger 60 mounted on the housing 12. It is preferable. A portion of the trigger 60 extends out of the housing for manual activation by a user holding the housing 12 in hand. Trigger 6
0 is operably connected to a trigger switch 62 which activates laser diode 32, motor 20, photodetector 44, signal processing circuitry 52, and control circuitry 53 to initiate symbol reading. The trigger 60 is operated once for each symbol to be read. When the control circuitry 53 determines that the symbol has been decoded, it stops reading the symbol, deactivates the activated component in the housing, and prepares to read the next symbol.

FIG. 2 shows the upper half 1 of the housing 12 of FIG.
6 shows various electrical components, mechanical components and optical components assembled as a module unit before being attached to the unit 6. Base 14 and printed circuit boards 46, 48, 5
The electrical network on 0 is omitted from FIG. 2 for clarity. Next, FIG. 3 will be described. Parts similar to those of FIG. 1 are identified by the same reference numbers. Swing motor 20
Also has an output shaft 22 to which a U-shaped support 26 is attached. On one leg 64 of the support 26, a laser /
An optics subassembly 28 is attached. The photodetector 44 is attached to the other leg 66 of the support 26. The coiled wire groups 68 and 70 include the laser diode 32 and the photodetector 44, and the printed circuit board 48.
It is connected to an electrical network not shown above. Although a coiled wire is illustrated, other types of electrical connectors, such as flat cables, may be used. A condenser lens 72 attached to one leg 64 surrounds the coaxial subassembly 28. Lens 72, subassembly 2
8 and the photodetector 44 all have a common optical axis 74 (the optical path and the return path are collinear along the optical axis 74) and alternate circles as a unit around the axis of the shaft 22. It can be swung in the circumferential direction.

In the above embodiment, the scanner is very compact. Therefore, the scanner can be made as a module that can be mounted on many different types of laser scanning devices. The module preferably comprises a photodetector and a laser / optics subassembly mounted together on a support, such as a reciprocating scanning component. All these components are connected to electrical connectors that electrically connect the module to other electrical components.

FIG. 4 shows a conventional wire frame shopping cart 292 fitted with a gun-type handheld head 294 incorporating a scanner. As shown in FIG. 5, the compartment 298 in which the barrel of the gun-type head 294 is housed is surrounded by a wall of a snap-fit retainer 296 made of a preferred resilient plastic material. The legs 300 of the retainer 296 are snap-fitted to the individual wires 302 of the cart 292 to elastically sandwich the wires. When the head 294 is pulled out from the holder 296 or stored, a rubber buffer pad 304 is attached inside the compartment 298 in order to prevent the barrel portion of the head 294 from being scratched or dented. There is.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, since the retainer 296 is attached to one side wall behind the cart, the retainer and / or the head may be damaged when a large number of shopping carts are placed in a nested state. There is no. To display data about the product with the symbol to scan,
A folding display 306 is attached to the front of the cart.

Next, referring to FIG. 6, the fish 310, the meat 312,
Potato salad 314, cheese 316, salami 318, etc.
1 shows an over-the-counter sales counter 308 where a number of food items are displayed. Each food item is uniquely associated with a bar code symbol. For example, each marker 320, 322, 324, 32
6, 328 are electro-optically scanned, decoded, and read, respectively, as foods 310, 312, 314,
A unique coded symbol that identifies 316, 318 is described.

The counter 308 is further equipped with a cash register 330 of a type having an ordinary cash drawer, a keyboard, a display, a paper receipt tape device, and an antenna 332 for RF communication with the antenna 334 of the tabletop scanner 336. The clerk is at counter 3
Standing behind 08, the scanner 336 and the cash register 330 are operated.

The scanner 336 has a scanning head 338 attached to the upper end of a semi-rigid flexible tube 340 connected to a base 342. The scanning head 338 is the keyboard 34.
4, a display 346, a card reader having a slot 348 for inserting a magnetically encoded customer card such as a cash card, credit card, etc. Mounted on the base 342 is a weigh scale 350, an electronic surveillance tag deactivator 352, and a printer 354 having an opening through which paper tape and / or machine readable labels and / or visual readable labels pass. The scale has a weighing platform in the plane of the upper surface of the base 342. The deactivator 352 is installed in the base and functions to change the state of the tag associated with the product in order to prevent theft. The printer 354 is also the base 3
The printed tape and / or label attached to the product is ejected through the opening.

In use, when the customer comes to the counter 308 and orders a part of an individual product such as salami 318, the clerk cuts a part of the product and weighs it on the scale 350, and then the scanner 338. Towards sign 328,
Informs the device that the item being weighed is actually salami. Since the product is optically identified in this way, the product identification code is manually input in the conventional device, and therefore a mistake that often occurs can be prevented.

Once the product and its weight are known, the device queries the local database with price per unit weight information and prints that information on the label at printer 354. The printed label is a part of the salami weighed,
Generally, it is attached to the paper packet. During weighing, the store clerk can check on display 346 that the correct merchandise has been identified or can access the keyboard. After the label is affixed to the item, the credit card can be passed through the reading slot 348 and billed to the customer.

Scanner 338 and cash register 33
0 does not need to perform wireless communication, and may be wired communication. Also, the scanner 338 need not be mechanically supported by the base 342, but may be mounted on a fixed or adjustable post, or similar support. The invention is not limited to food counter use, as any product can be read optically in the manner described above. For example, at a retail store, such as a clothing store,
Deactivator 352 would be more effective.

FIG. 7 illustrates a mobile checkout stand in which the scanner or module described above incorporates other transaction time processing accessories. A stand 270 is a wheeled carriage 272 supporting the scanner under a flat top X-shaped window 274, a keyboard 2 for entering data about a product with a scanning symbol.
76, an overhead display 278 for displaying data about the product, a weighing scale 280 for weighing the product, a printer 282 for printing a paper tape receipt or label for sticking to the product, for packing the product in a bag A bag support device 284 for holding the bag in a suitable upright orientation, a bag sealing device 286 for closing the plastic bag with heat, adhesive or the like, and for temporary storage of the bagged goods. Storage compartment 2
Equipped with 88. The stand 270 has a handle 290.
You can press and use to move around along the aisles in the sales floor.

8 and 9 illustrate another type of mobile checkout stand in which the scanner or module described above incorporates other transaction point processing accessories. The stand 100 comprises a wheeled carriage 102 with swivel castors 104 that allows it to be easily moved around. The caster 104 has a fixing mechanism for fixing the stand 100 at a desired position. The scanner, along with the signal processing circuitry and microprocessor control circuitry described above, is attached to the terminal 106 below the countertop 108 to which the window 110 is attached. The scanner directs the beam through the window 110 to the location where the goods to be processed are carried. The conveyor drive belt 112 moves the goods to the window 110.

In addition, the stand 100 comprises a scale 114 for weighing the goods, the price being a function of that weighing. A pair of bag support devices 116 extend outwardly of the stand 100,
The shopping bag is hung on the support shelf 118 in an upright position. A keyboard 120 for entering data, a printer 124 for printing paper receipts, and a credit card reader 126 for processing electronic payments are all on the platform 12.
2, the base 122 of which is a slidable column 128
Is attached to. A display 130 for displaying the processed data is attached to another slidable post 132. Cash withdrawal 134 is used to process cash payments. A storage cover assembly 136 is attached to one end of the stand.

When the stand 100 is not used as a checkout stand, the cover assembly 136 is moved to lie on the countertop 108.
Before that, the base 122 and the keyboard 1 configured on it
20, printer 124, credit card reader 1
26 is removed from post 128, display 130 is removed from post 132, and posts 128 and 132 are slid down. The cover assembly 136 is composed of two overlapping portions 140, 142, which are mounted over the entire countertop 108. Further, the cover portion 14
0 includes barb 144 for securing cover assembly 136 in place. As shown in FIG. 9, with the cover in place, the stand 100 can be used as a product display counter.

Power input outlet 146 for AC power
Are used to power various electrical components. Communication from the terminal 106 to a remote host computer is achieved by wire communication and / or wireless communication, which includes detachable wiring. It will be appreciated that each element or two or more elements described above may be beneficially utilized in other types of constructions than the type described above.

While this embodiment has been described as embodied in a supermarket point-of-sale checkout stand, various modifications and structural changes are possible without departing from the spirit of the invention,
It is not intended to limit the invention to the matter described. Without further consideration, the above description has completely clarified the essential points of the present invention, and therefore experts in this field can use the latest knowledge to identify the original invention from the viewpoint of the prior art. The invention could easily be adapted to various applications without omitting the characteristic features that clearly form the essential characteristics of the aspects of FIG.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a movable transaction wheelbarrow which is compact in size, light in weight, easy to use, and relatively inexpensive to assemble and manufacture. . Also, the mobile transaction wheelbarrow can be easily moved to the desired location.

A transaction wheelbarrow can be used according to various transaction processes.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a partial cross-sectional side view of a handheld optical scanning device for reading indicia with a partial surface removed.
FIG. 1 (B) is a front view of FIG. 1 (A).

FIG. 2 is a front transparent perspective view of the handheld optical operating device of FIG. 1 (A).

FIG. 3 is a partial side sectional view of another scanner module.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a handheld optical scanning device mounted on a shopping cart.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line QQ of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an over-the-counter sales counter in which an optical scanning device and a transaction accessory are installed.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a movable checkout stand to which a laser scanner is attached.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of another type of mobile checkout stand with a laser scanner attached.

9 is a perspective view showing the movable checkout stand of FIG. 8 after storage.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Scanner 12 Housing 14 Base 16 Upper Half of Housing 18 Lower Half of Housing 20 Scanning Motor 22 Output Shaft Section 24 Control Circuitry 26 U-Shaped Body Support 28 Laser / Optical Assembly 30 Hollow Tube 32 Laser Diode 34 Lens Tube 36 Focusing Lens 37 Coil spring 38 Aperture stop 40 Scanning window 42 Second window 44 Photodetector 46, 48, 50 Printed wiring board 52 Signal processing circuit 53 Microprocessor control circuit network 54 Cable connector 56 Keyboard 58 Battery pack 60 Trigger 62 Trigger switch 64 Support leg 66 Another leg 68, 70 Coil wire group 72 Condenser lens 74 Optical axis 100 Stand 102 Wheeled base 104 Swivel caster 106 Terminal 108 Countertop 110 Window 1 12 Conveyor drive belt 114 Scale 116 Bag support device 118 Support shelf 120 Keyboard 122 sets 124 Printer 126 Credit card reader 128 Pillar 130 Display 132 Pillar 134 Cash withdrawal shelf 136 Storage cover assembly 144 Electronic surveillance tag Diak beta 270 Movable Check-out stand 271 Display 272 Wheeled carriage 274 X-type window 276 Keyboard 278 Display 280 Scale 282 Printer 284 Bag support device 286 Bag sealing device 288 Storage compartment 290 Handle 292 Shopping cart 294 Handheld head 296 Holder 298 Compartment 300 leg 302 wire 304 buffer pad 306 display 308 over-the-counter counter 310 fish 312 meat 3 4 Potato Salad 316 Cheese 318 Salami 320,322,324,326,328 Sign 330 Cash Register 332 Antenna 334 Antenna 336 Desktop Scanner 338 Head 340 Flexible Tube 342 Base 344 Keyboard 346 Display 348 Slot 350 Scale 352 Electronic Tag Deactivator 354 printer

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of items having indicia composed of portions having different light reflectances, a wheeled base for moving between the plurality of items, and a reference numeral of the item detachably attached to the wheeled base. A scanning terminal for electro-optically reading the embodied indicia; and transaction means removably attached to the wheeled platform and operated to process transaction data of the item and complete the transaction. A featured mobile transaction wheelbarrow. 2. The movable transaction wheelbarrow according to claim 1, wherein a countertop provided on the wheeled pedestal, a window portion mounted on the countertop, and a mark of the item through the window portion. The movable transaction wheelbarrow is provided with a scanning device that irradiates a light beam of a scanning pattern. 3. The movable transaction wheelbarrow according to claim 1, wherein an onboard movable platform for manually inputting data relating to an item to be processed is attached to the wheeled platform. Transaction wheelbarrow. 4. A mobile transaction wheelbarrow according to claim 1, wherein a display for displaying data relating to an item to be processed is attached to the wheeled pedestal. 5. The mobile transaction wheelbarrow according to claim 1, wherein a weighing scale for weighing the weight of an item is attached to the wheeled base. 6. The movable transaction wheelbarrow according to claim 1, wherein the transaction means comprises a printer for printing the transaction processing result on paper. 7. The mobile transaction trolley of claim 1, wherein the transaction means comprises means for processing electronic transactions for the item. 8. The mobile transaction wheelbarrow of claim 1, wherein the transaction means comprises means for processing cash payments for the item. 9. The mobile transaction trolley of claim 1, wherein the wheeled pedestal is provided with means for holding a bag for packaging the item in an upright position. 10. The mobile transaction wheelbarrow according to claim 1, wherein a handle for pushing or pulling the wheeled platform is attached to the wheeled platform. 11. The movable transaction wheelbarrow according to claim 1, further comprising a cover for covering the scanning terminal and the transaction means. 12. The mobile transaction wheelbarrow of claim 11, wherein the cover is capable of mounting the item on the cover.